On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 06:16:10PM +0100, Stephane Ascoet wrote:
> Hello,
> Here:<http://www.01net.com/editorial/303434/banc-d-essai-comparatif/sept-logiciels-pour-enfants-a-telecharger/&gt;
> I agree with the drawback of Tux who only writes his speech.
One problem is that it would be difficult to get _every_ string translated
accurately (and in good quality) to all 50+ languages. It would not be
impossible to implement, but it would be a tremendous amount of work.
Bruno of GCompris and I talked a little about this article when it first
appeared, and he mentioned that color names are translated to a number
of languages in GCompris, and that I could take them. Unfortunately, not
_all_ of the colors Tux Paint uses are recorded. And if/when we begin
recording voices for other strings, will we be able to get the same people
to do the recordings? If not, the voices will change all the time.
Another question: should we try to make it sound like a cartoon penguin?
Or someone _else_ who is not seen? (And in that case, why would it
_look_ like Tux is saying something, but _sound_ like someone else is
reading his text? :^) )
See? Pretty complicated. And since strings change now and then, and the
Tux Paint UI is still incomplete (I need to add stamp category navigation,
and move Starters to "New", along with some color chooser), even if we
had all of the text translated into every language, _and_ spoken, (1) it
would probably change and have to be re-recorded, and (2) we'd need to
record everything all over again whenever additional languages are added.
Another thought is to use something like Festival, but it seems to be geared
towards English, and isn't the greatest quality. (Compare it to some of
the proprietary voices that come with Mac OS X, for example.) We might get
more complaints about an incomprehensible voice than not having a voice. ;)
> There is a mistake in the name, or Bill, you are in secret the same
> personn than William Henry Gates III ? :-)
I'm not sure I understand the question. Perhaps it's the Bill vs. William?
My birth name is "William". That's what I sign on my checks. :^)
But everyone calls me "Bill", for short. (Just as "Tom" is short for
"Thomas", and "John" or "Jon" short for "Jonathan.")
> Below they review Tuxtyping too. I agree again with them about the lacks
> in the french translation, and the addwords module not made. I would add
> that the key in yellow is sometimes wrong with azerty keyboard.
You'll probably want to mention this to the Tux Typing maintainers. :^)
> And it seems that they didn't understand that both were by you and from
> Tux4Kids. Perhaps, in the future, will you make a Tux4Kids package?
> Above, they talk about GCompris too :-)
Actually, Tux Typing was not by me. I've never even looked at the source
code. ;^) (I think the comet attack code _inside_ Tux Typing was taken
from my Tux, of Math Comamnd game, which will soon be maintained by someone
else... since I haven't been maintaining it at all. :^( )
As for a "Tux4Kids package," I guess you mean a collection (like on CDROM?)
That would be neat, but at this point, the entirety of Tux Paint for
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (RPM) and Source only take up about 100MB. :^)
(See: http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint/purchase/ if you want to
buy a copy! ;^) )
Oh, and finally, FYI, I actually already link to this article on the
"Reviews" page at the TP website. :^)
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Hello,
Here:<http://www.01net.com/editorial/303434/banc-d-essai-comparatif/sept-logiciels-pour-enfants-a-telecharger/&gt;
I agree with the drawback of Tux who only writes his speech. There is a
mistake in the name, or Bill, you are in secret the same personn than
William Henry Gates III ? :-)
Below they review Tuxtyping too. I agree again with them about the lacks
in the french translation, and the addwords module not made. I would add
that the key in yellow is sometimes wrong with azerty keyboard.
And it seems that they didn't understand that both were by you and from
Tux4Kids. Perhaps, in the future, will you make a Tux4Kids package?
Above, they talk about GCompris too :-)
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